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When the US joined World War I in April, 1917 it began purchasing trucks in larger numbers. Early trucks were often designed for both military and commercial use, later military-specific designs were built. Since 1940 the US military has ordered over 3,000,000 tactical trucks. The US Marines have used both US Army and their own specific models ...
The G506 was a United States Army Ordnance Corps supply catalog designation for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4X4, truck chassis built in large numbers by the Chevrolet Motor Division of GM. Their official model numbers were initially the "G4100", and later the "G7100" series. [ 4 ]
The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV; / ˈ k ʌ k v iː / KUK-vee), [1] later the Light Service Support Vehicle (LSSV), is a vehicle program instituted to provide the United States military with light utility vehicles based on a civilian truck chassis.
US Dept. of the Army. 1998. TM 55-2320-272-14-1 Transport Guidance Technical Manual Truck 5-ton, 6x6, M939-Series, M939A1-Series, and M939A2-Series (PDF). US Dept. of the Army. 1993; Military Vehicles Forecast: United States Tactical Vehicles (PDF). Forecast International. 2003
The following is a (partial) listing of vehicle model numbers or M-numbers assigned by the United States Army. Some of these designations are also used by other agencies, services, and nationalities, although these various end users usually assign their own nomenclature.
The name of this article would at first suggest a focus on models that are indeed called Dodge WC-numbers, either 4x4 or 6x6. However, the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps' central Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) Supply Catalog, covering the WC series, conveys both by its title, "SNL G-657 – Master Parts List, Dodge Trucks", as well as by the explicit types list on its second page, that (because of ...
Finding Aids for researching the US Army Archived 9 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine (compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History) Military Vehicle Camouflage; The U.S. Army's Technical Bulletin 43-0209; Joint Service Pollution Prevention Opportunity Handbook – Improved Stenciling and Marking System; FM 1, The Army (14 ...
US Dept. of the Army. 2004 Retrieved 16 June 2019 . TM 9-2320-272-23-1 Field Maintenance Manual for Truck, 5-ton, 6x6, M939, M939A1, M939A2 Series Trucks (Diesel) .